Editing Millwall (section)

==Amenities==
[[File:Millwall London June 2016 002.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Millwall skyline from the Thames (2016)]]
[[File:Island Gardens.jpg|thumb|left|Island Gardens (New Years Day 2008)]]
The historical [[Island Gardens]], opened on 3 August 1895 by local politician [[Will Crooks]], is located almost in front of the former [[Greenwich Hospital, London|Greenwich Hospital]], the [[Cutty Sark]], [[National Maritime Museum]] and [[Greenwich Park]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/451-500/461_parks/island_gardens.aspx |title=Tower Hamlets Council > Island Gardens |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Tower Hamlets Council |access-date=25 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927121316/http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/451-500/461_parks/island_gardens.aspx |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Landmarks===
The Ferry House is a [[public house|pub]] on Ferry Street has existed since the [[Tudor period]] (1485–1603). The present building dates from 1822, and was used as a [[drinking establishment]] by ferry passengers to and from Greenwich until the opening of the [[Greenwich foot tunnel]] in 1902.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/leisure_and_culture/local_attractions/discover_tower_hamlets/eating_and_drinking/isle_of_dogs.aspx |title=Isle of Dogs |access-date=19 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410072019/https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/leisure_and_culture/local_attractions/discover_tower_hamlets/eating_and_drinking/isle_of_dogs.aspx |archive-date=10 April 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Ship Inn pub was built in 1835, it is thought by two houses merge into a public house, it has been a pub all its history and is next to [[Burrells Wharf]], where during his time there [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]] may have frequented The Ship. Today it is run by a local, independently run business.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theshipcanarywharf.co.uk/ |title=The Ship Inn Home |publisher=Theshipcanarywharf.co.uk |access-date=2019-12-09 |archive-date=18 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518083641/https://www.theshipcanarywharf.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The decision to proceed with the large [[Barkantine Estate]] housing estate development was made in March 1965, with first block being opened in 1968,<ref name="F&R">{{cite web |title=The Fall and Rise of the Isle of Dogs |url=https://islandhistory.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/the-fall-and-rise-of-the-isle-of-dogs/ |website=Isle of Dogs - Past Life, Past Lives |access-date=30 October 2018 |date=2 January 2014 |archive-date=30 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030170655/https://islandhistory.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/the-fall-and-rise-of-the-isle-of-dogs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and originally consisted of 634 dwellings.<ref name="Survey of London">{{cite web |title=Northern Millwall: Public housing in Northern Millwall {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols43-4/pp446-451 |website=British-history.ac.uk |publisher=LCC |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=en |archive-date=31 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031005210/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols43-4/pp446-451 |url-status=live }}</ref> It included a pedestrianized shopping [[promenade]] called The Quarterdeck,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.citystyle.london/property/2186/ |title=One Housing &#124; Homepage |publisher=Citystyle.london |date=2019-03-31 |access-date=2019-12-09 |archive-date=17 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517161702/https://www.citystyle.london/property/2186/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and a pub called the Tooke Arms, relocated and rebuilt at the same time.<ref>{{cite web |author=Mick Lemmerman |url=https://www.islandhistory.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/tooketimes/amp/ |title=Tooke Times – Isle of Dogs – Past Life, Past Lives |publisher=Islandhistory.wordpress.com |date=2014-05-24 |access-date=2019-12-09 |archive-date=17 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517162210/https://islandhistory.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/tooketimes/amp/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ideastore.co.uk/digital-gallery/view/1559 |title='The Tooke Arms' Westferry Road 1920s |publisher=Idea Store |access-date=2019-12-09 |archive-date=17 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517162303/https://www.ideastore.co.uk/digital-gallery/view/1559 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Space is located inside a former Presbyterian church that was built in 1859 for the Scottish Presbyterian congregation who had migrated to the Isle of Dogs to work in the shipyards, which was designed by [[Thomas Knightley]].<ref name=space>{{cite web |last1=Pilcher |first1=Steven J |title=History |url=https://space.org.uk/about/history-2/ |website=The Space |access-date=9 October 2015 |archive-date=22 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222165046/https://space.org.uk/about/history-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>